Tourism

• Thursday, January 18th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard rescues grounded cruise liner

  

  A cruise vessel with 1.612 passengers, mostly from Brazil, finally managed Thursday early afternoon to pull off from a River Plate sand bank where she was grounded for over twenty hours.

• Thursday, January 18th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Air Plus Comet replaces Air Madrid in Latin America

  

  Spanish airline Air Comet Plus will operate in seven Latin American countries previously covered by the now closed down Air Madrid airline. The operation was allowed after Spanish Public Works Minister Magdalena Alvarez and Air Comet president Gerardo Díaz signed an agreement.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine tourism in Uruguay drops 20% in first fortnight

  

  Uruguay's Deputy Tourism Minister Lilian Kechiciahn revealed that in the first fortnight of 2007 the number of Argentine tourists traveling to Uruguay dropped 20% compared to a year ago, mainly because of the ongoing controversy over the construction of the Finnish Botnia-Orion pulp mill.

• Tuesday, January 16th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Cruise passengers to Chile up by five percent in 2007

  

  The number of tourists coming to Chile as passengers on cruise ships is expected to grow by five percent in 2007, according to Destination Management Chile, which handles 70 percent of all tours and sightseeing trips involving cruise passengers.

• Tuesday, January 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Peru pushes to make Inca city one of world wonders

  

  PERU'S government, seeking to boost tourism in the Andean country, is urging residents and visitors to vote for the ancient Inca site of Machu Picchu as one of the world's new seven wonders.

• Thursday, January 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Maradona upset with Boca over Bush daughters

  

  Argentina's top football star Diego Maradona said he's feeling a “bit distant” from his heart team Boca Juniors and criticized the club's president Mauricio Macri for having presented the visiting daughters of US President George Bush with the team's colors.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile: Broken Santiago airstrip slows traffic

  Faulty runway renovation caused delays last Thursday at Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, Santiago.

• Tuesday, January 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  El Niño and global warming could make 2007 the “hottest year”

  

  A British climate expert said 2007 could be the hottest year ever recorded because of a combination of global warming and El Nino.

• Monday, January 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  London: “Once again off the New Year in style”

  

  “London has once again kicked off the New Year in style,” says Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, who funded and organised the event in conjunction with Visit London.

• Sunday, December 31st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Aussies usher '07 with Sydney fireworks

  

  Wind-swept revelers gathered around London's Big Ben to watch the fireworks, and thousands of Japanese climbed Mount Fuji and other peaks to watch the first sunrise of the New Year. But the Thai capital sent celebrants home after a series of evening bombs